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What’s at stake in Iran nuclear talks?

By BRADLEY KLAPPERGEORGE JAHN
Published October 15, 2014 9:38pm ET
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What’s at stake in Iran nuclear talks?
From left, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, European Union High Representative Catherine Ashton, and Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif are photographed as they participate in a trilateral meeting in Vienna, Austria, Wednesday, Oct. 15, 2014. The three will try and advance nuclear talks and meet the target date of Nov. 24. But with less than six weeks left until Nov. 24, there may be no alternative than to prolonging them. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, Pool) | Carolyn Kaster

VIENNA (AP) — An Iranian nuclear agreement is the Obama administration’s grandest foreign policy objective, a legacy-defining endeavor that holds the prospect of ending the gravest potential threat to Israel and the Middle East and reintegrating Iran into the world community.

But reaching a deal is no easy matter. Even as U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry waded into more than six hours of talks on Wednesday with Iran’s foreign minister, many challenges beset the diplomacy.

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